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package com.google.code.twiddling.core.resource;

/**
 * A resource represents a category of manageable targets.
 * a resource can be expressed in type and url:
 * 
 * [res-type]:[url]
 * 
 * res-type is a string uniquely defined by console, such as:
 * 
 * file, db, jbossas, welogic, etc
 * 
 * url is detailed info about the resource, e.g. connection info.
 * 
 * [proto]://[details]
 * 
 * http://.... ssh://... svn://... jdbc://.... jndi://....
 * 
 * examples:
 * 
 * file:local:///home/howard
 * file:ssh://myserver:22/
 * db:jdbc://mysql/......
 * jbossas:jmx://.....
 * jbossmessaging:jmx://...
 *
 */
public interface Resource {
	
	String getUrl();

}
